burgher
English
/ˈbɝɡɚ/
noun
Definitions
- A citizen of a borough or town, especially one belonging to the middle class.
- A prosperous member of the community; a middle class citizen (may connote complacency).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English burger affix from English burgh derived from Middle Dutch burgher derived from Middle High German burger (citizen) derived from Old High German burgāri (inhabitant of a fortress) derived from Proto-Germanic *burgz (stronghold, city, fortress, borough, fortification, hill-fort, fortified town, town, burg, castle) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (high, rise, fort, hill, fortified elevation, elevate, height, become high, hide, raise, mountain, elevated, protect), *bʰerǵʰ- (high, rise, fort, hill, fortified elevation, elevate, height, become high, hide, raise, mountain, elevated, protect).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰerǵʰ-
Gloss
high, rise, fort, hill, fortified elevation, elevate, height, become high, hide, raise, mountain, elevated, protect
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
丘, 岡, 阜
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Blythburgh English
- Edithburgh English
- Musselburgh English
- antiburgher English
- burgh English
- burghal English
- burghbote English
- burgherly English
- burghermaster English
- burghership English
- burghmote English
- master English
- Viipuri Finnish
- *burgus Latin
- burgensis Latin
- burgus Latin
- fortificatio Latin
- fortifico Latin
- fortificō Latin
- fortis Latin
- fortis, fortem Latin
- fortitūdō Latin
- Bürger German
- Bürgermeister German
- borgo Italian
- berg Dutch, Flemish
- brío Spanish, Castilian
- Φρύξ Ancient Greek
- πύργος Ancient Greek
- *bʰergʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰerǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰerǵʰ-, *bʰr̥ǵʰs Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰrgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰr̥ǵʰs Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰérǵʰ-s Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰérǵʰonts Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂erkʷo- Proto-Indo-European
- *berganą Proto-Germanic
- *bergaz Proto-Germanic
- *burgz Proto-Germanic
- Banna Old English
- burg Old English
- burh Old English
- ब्राह्मण Sanskrit
- borwe Middle English
- burger Middle English
- borg Old Norse
- *bergъ Proto-Slavic
- borgeis Old French
- burgeis Old French
- berg Icelandic
- burgher Middle Dutch
- burg Old High German
- burgari Old High German
- burgāri Old High German
- բառնամ Old Armenian
- burger Middle High German
- Bierger Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- burg Albanian
- fort Middle French
- 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃 Gothic
- *burg gmw-pro
- burg Old Dutch
- *Senobrix Proto-Celtic
- *bargīti Proto-Celtic
- *brigantīnos Proto-Celtic
- *brixs Proto-Celtic
- *kaito- Proto-Celtic
- *karants Proto-Celtic
- *lestro- Proto-Celtic
- *talu- Proto-Celtic
- *trāgi- Proto-Celtic
- *windos Proto-Celtic
- *ɸano-, *ɸeno- Proto-Celtic
- *bʰárȷ́ʰištʰas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *bʰŕ̥ȷ́ʰma Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *burg Frankish
- ܒܘܪܓܐ Classical Syriac
- forctis Old Latin
- berz Zazaki
- 𒁓𒂵𒈾 Urartian